"Real Madrid sold a player for 50million euros; a wonderful, gifted footballer and in the end Arsenal paid heavily for a player of that dimension. It’s a €50m transfer for a No 10 who nobody has any doubt over his ability. They have lots of players for that position but they have become stronger with Ozil."

At the moment it is fair to say AVB was correct, as Ozil has so far struggled to live up to his price-tag.

"I had a week’s trial at Liverpool when I was still young, only 16, but I was happy to stay at home to be honest. I wanted to stay at Hamilton and get some first team games. I’m thankful I did because it worked out really well."

Now a fixture at Everton this comment endeared him to the Evertonian faithful even more 12 months ago.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.